Shipping-case for cans.



' E. WEI SLOWITS & M. RBI OH.

SHIPPING CASE FOR CANS.

APPLICATION TILED JAN. 10, 1912.

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EDWARD WEISLOWITS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, AND MAX REICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID REIGH ASSIGNOR TO SAID WEISLOVJITS.

SHIPPING-CASE FOB CANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD lVnrsnowrrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey, and Max R-nicrr, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cases for Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a case or jacket for shipping oil cans and the like, the object being to provide a case which is strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, and can easily be handled while in transit.

The can can be readily inserted into the jacket and it is prevented from shifting by means of a depending top portion of the jacket, and a series of lugs projecting from the lower portion of the can and fastened to the jacket.

The jacket is equipped with a cover for preventing vertical movement of the can.

The case and its cover constitute a simple and eflicientmethod of transporting a can and by reason of the peculiar formation of the cover and jacket the weight of the can is evenly distributed and at the same time securely held in place.

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents a vertical section of a shipping case embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail section of a jacket and cover. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section of a jacket and can.

In this drawing the letter a designates a can having a body of cylindrical shape and provided with a conical top at the lower portion of which is formed a flange.

The can is placed into a cylindrical metal jacket or case 5 having a bottom 0 preferably made of wood. The upper portion of the jacket is overlapped to form an annular depending rim cl located in the interior of the jacket. The core of the rim consists of a metal hoop and the rim is located below the top of the jacket.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Application filed January 10, 1912.

Patented July 23, 1912. Serial No. 670,462.

To the lower part of the can are fastened a series of lugs 6 each extending through a sht in the bottom of the jacket and securely fastened to the jacket. The jacket is equipped with reinforcing corrugations f extending about the circumference thereof. A metal cover g having preferably a Wooden top h is positioned over the top of the can. The cover has an annular head 2', which when the cover is in place over the can, rests on to the upper portion of the jacket. The cover is attached to the jacket by means of fastening devices j, such as hook and eye connections.

The jacket has handles 70 whereby the case can be readily handled. l/Vhen the can is in place in the jacket the lower portion of its flange rests on to the upper portion of the rim (Z, while the bottom of the can rests on to the wooden bottom of the jacket. This arrangement of the can in the jacket equalizes the weight of the can between the bottom and top of the jacket. It will be seen that the outer edge of the flanged portion of the can is in contact with the overlapped upper Wall of the jacket thus preventing lateral movement of the upper part of the can while the lugs at the lower end prevent side movement of the bottom portion of the can.

Then the cover is in place the inner portion of the top of the cover is in contact with the top of the can, while the bead 2' is supported on top of the jacket and the lower portion of the cover rests on to the top portion of the flanged part of the can. This peculiar construction .of cover prevents vertical displacement of the can and proportions the shocks received by the cover. The cover offers a strong and durable structure, so that when shipping and a number of cases are stacked on top of each other the weight will be evenly distributed, and danger of crushing the can will be avoided.

The jacket may be provided with a bead to contact with the inner side of the can.

We claim:

A shipping case for cans, comprising a jacket of substantially cylindrical shape,

having its top portion bent inwardly and extended downwardly with a, hooped rim set our hands in the presence of two subfonned at the lower end; comblned wlth a scrlblng wltnesses.

can havin a fian e to rest on the rim while the edge 51? the fignge is in contact with the g i g g g g extended portion of the acket, a cover having its lower end resting on the flange, and WVitnesses: devlces for fastenlng the cover to thepcket. H. V. MoEnnoY,

In testnnony whereof we have hereunto CHRISTIAN H. ALMSTAEDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batents,

Washington, D. C. t 

